Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship Day 1a | 2025 World Series of Poker

07-02-2025 22:18 UTC-8

Recent Chip Updates

Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Vo	245,000 5,000	5,000

Joe Nalbandyan	157,200 78,200	78,200
Todd Daloia	152,000 152,000	152,000
Marwan Salamoun	140,000 11,000	11,000
Dan O'Brien	130,000 62,500	62,500
Ami Barer	130,000 28,600	28,600

Joseph Gallagher	125,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Rangel	123,000 59,600	59,600
Peter Yang	122,000 28,000	28,000
Arthur Thiriart	112,000 22,000	22,000
James Pines	105,000 40,000	40,000
Gregory Buonocore	96,000 21,000	21,000
Takumi Matsumoto	89,000 16,300	16,300
Nicholas Roberts	86,000 1,100	1,100
Robert Christensen	85,000 25,000	25,000
Franklin Azevedo	84,000 9,200	9,200
Jeremy Hamey	80,200 3,800	3,800
Heng Zhang	79,000 27,000	27,000
Landen Lucas	77,200 8,400	8,400
John Frank	75,000 14,000	14,000
Paul Gibbons	74,000 14,000	14,000
Pasquale Grimaldi	72,200 33,200	33,200
Josselin Gardes	71,000 55,000	55,000
Bobby Baldwin (OK)	67,000 33,300	33,300
Justin Yaker	66,000 22,200	22,200

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07-02-2025 22:11 UTC-8

Evenhouse Takes Lei's Final Chip

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yuan Lei only had a stack of 2,700, and raised for almost all of it under the gun, leaving a single chip behind. Action folded to Jeffrey Evenhouse in the big blind, who put in a raise, committing Lei's remaining chip.

Lei called, and both players flipped their cards over.

Yuan Lei: A♦5♦ All in
Jeffrey Evenhouse: A♠J♣

Although Lei flopped a straight draw on the 9♥4♠3♥ flop, the turn 7♥ and river K♠ were unable to save him.

The friendly table all said their goodbyes, and Lei headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeffrey Evenhouse	33,000 33,000	33,000
Yuan Lei	Busted

Tags: Jeffrey Evenhouse Yuan Lei

07-02-2025 21:38 UTC-8

Hardina Falls To Seo

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Liam Gannon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their backs between Christopher Hardina in the cutoff and Moonho Seo in early position with Hardina all in for his last 18,500.

Christopher Hardina: K♦J♣ All in
Moonho Seo: A♥K♠

The board ran out K♣9♠8♣7♠A♦ and the aces up was good for Seo to take down the pot and eliminate Hardina.

Player	Chips	Progress
Moonho Seo	93,500 93,500	93,500
Christopher Hardina	Busted

Tags: Christopher Hardina Moonho Seo

07-02-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Kings Can't Hold, Bohdanov Eliminated

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marco Poccia raised under the gun, which one player had called before action got to Renat Bohdanov. Bohdanov put in a three-bet to 4,500, to which Poccia responded with a four-bet to 13,000. Action folded back to Bohdanov, who moved all in for 31,300, which Poccia called.

Renat Bohdanov: K♠K♣ All in
Marco Poccia: A♦J♥

A promising situation in the Main Event soon turned to one of sorrow for Bohdanov. The dealer fanned out a flop of J♠J♣10♣, firing Poccia into the lead.

The turn 10♥ only served to improve Poccia to a full house, and the river Q♥ did not affect the outcome.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Poccia	133,200 133,200	133,200
Renat Bohdanov	Busted

Tags: Marco Poccia Renat Bohdanov

07-02-2025 20:30 UTC-8

Funke Eliminated

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Barry Russell

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 30,000 chips in the pot on a board of 10♦7♦9♥J♥, Victor Vo bet 8,500 from the big blind, Jason Funke announced all in for 38,500 from the cutoff, Vo called.

Jason Funke: A♠Q♥ All in
Victor Vo: J♦J♣

The river came the 4♣, and Funke was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Vo	250,000

Jason Funke	Busted

Tags: Jason Funke Victor Vo

07-02-2025 20:10 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts in Horseshoe Gold

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Ortega	186,100 1,900	1,900
Ankit Ahuja	162,000 96,000	96,000
Carlotta Ceccatelli	141,000 5,000	5,000
Gregory Sly	134,000 1,000	1,000
Leon Sturm	106,000 39,000	39,000

Kohei Arai	105,200 4,200	4,200
Richard Reisman	105,000 32,500	32,500
Hal Hammaker	104,000 11,600	11,600
Jeffrey Rogers	98,000 26,100	26,100
Camillo Baggiani	84,500 9,500	9,500
Stephen Peppin	81,500 5,500	5,500
Jeremy Dan	78,000 44,000	44,000
Denny Kruezi	74,000 23,200	23,200
Gregory Brodnik	72,000 13,000	13,000
Joseph Bold	68,000 6,400	6,400
Luigi Shehadeh	67,000 9,000	9,000
Erik Eisen	66,000 16,700	16,700
Matthias Auer	66,000 1,000	1,000
Wesley Fei	66,000 55,000	55,000
Deborah Dimpel-Ulhaq	61,000 31,000	31,000
Collin Ball	47,000 4,000	4,000
Hayden Toole	37,000 8,600	8,600
Bernhard Binder	34,500 9,700	9,700
Alexander Carr	31,000 26,900	26,900
Scott Thurman	28,000 5,500	5,500

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07-02-2025 20:02 UTC-8

Jaka's Main Event Ends Holding Seven-Deuce Off

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Benjamin Gold raised to 1,200 on the button and called a three-bet of 5,500 from Faraz Jaka, who was in the big blind.

Gold then called a 3,500 bet from Jaka on the Q♦3♥2♥ flop and a 14,000 bet from Jaka on the K♦ turn.

The 2♠ completed the board and Jaka fired 30,000 into the middle. Gold then stuck a pile of t-25,000 chips into the middle, which was enough to put Jaka all in for his last 35,000 behind.

Jaka went deep into the tank and a couple of minutes went by without any action.

"Sorry guys, give me one more minute," Jaka said.

Jaka eventually committed his stack into the middle and Gold showed Q♥Q♣ for a full house.

Jaka showed he held 7♥2♦ for trip deuces and wished his tablemates good luck before exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Gold	240,000 85,000	85,000
Faraz Jaka	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Gold Faraz Jaka

07-02-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Kay's Bullets Take Down Cada

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Liam Gannon

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Haoran Hu raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Joshua Kay called in the hijack. Joe Cada raised to 4,000 on the button and only Kay continued.

The flop rolled out 6♥4♣2♦ and Kay checked over to Cada who continued betting for 3,500, prompting Kay to move all in for 18,400 effective. Cada called to put his tournament life at risk.

Joe Cada: J♥J♣ All in
Joshua Kay: A♠A♣

An A♥ on the turn locked up the pot for Kay before the river 8♦ peeled off and the 2009 WSOP Main Event champion took his leave from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Kay	73,200 22,200	22,200
Haoran Hu	67,000
Joe Cada	Busted

Tags: Haoran Hu Joe Cada Joshua Kay

07-02-2025 19:32 UTC-8

Gold Wakes Up with Aces

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Nick Becker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Benjamin Gold was in the small blind and got it all in preflop against Kurt Watkins in the big blind. Watkins had about 50,000 to start the hand and was at risk.

Kurt Watkins: Q♥Q♣ All in
Benjamin Gold: A♠A♥

Gold's pair of aces remained best as the board ran out 9♦K♥9♣9♠2♥ and Watkins' tournament run came to an end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Gold	155,000 85,000	85,000
Kurt Watkins	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Gold Kurt Watkins

07-02-2025 17:45 UTC-8

No Chips for Dinner for Vieira

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

While being filmed by Winamax's TV crew, Joao Vieira in the hijack three-bet after Koen Breed opened from middle position.

Breed called to find a flop of K♥2♠4♦ where Vieira made a continuation bet. Breed check-called, then on the 6♥ turn, Vieira fired a second barrel of 7,000. Breed check-called once more.

On the 6♦, Breed checked, Vieira moved all-in for 16,500 and Breed went deep into the tank before making the call.

Joao Vieira: Q♣10♣ All in
Koen Breed: J♦J♣

Vieira was caught bluffing and was eliminated moments before the start of the dinner break.